Benjamin C. Flores, Ph.D. The University of Texas at El Paso 500 West University Avenue El Paso, Texas 79968 (915) 747-6961 bflores@utep.edu Professional Preparation Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, UTEP, 1985 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, UTEP, 1986 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, 1990 Appointments Associate Dean, College of Engineering, 9/1/2006 5/31/2008 Computing and Electrical Engineering Division Director, 1/16/2005 8//31/2006 Interim Chair, Computer Science, 9/1/2004 1/15/2005 Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9/1/2003 1/152005 Professor, UTEP, 9/1/2003 Associate Professor, UTEP, 9/1/996 CUESTA Visiting Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Summer 1994 CUESTA Visiting Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Summer 1993 Assistant Professor, UTEP, September 1990 Ford Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Arizona State University, Summer 1990 Lecturer, Arizona State University, 1988-1989 Activities Principal Investigator and Project Director of the UTEP Model Institutions for Excellence Program (Fall 1999 present). I manage the day-to-day operation of this program. The program, which is a cooperative agreement between UTEP and the National Science Foundation, has a cumulative budget of $22.5 million. The program has been in operation since 1995. The goals of the program are to: 1. Increase the retention and opportunities for degree completion of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. 2. Improve the infrastructure of the Colleges of Science and Engineering by funding student, faculty, curriculum, and infrastructure development projects. Director and Principal Investigator of the UT System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Fall 2005 present). I manage the day-to-day operation 1
of this program. The program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, has an annual budget of $1.0M. The goals of the project are to promote and support the participation of under-represented groups in STEM disciplines. A major focus of this effort is undergraduate research as a means to prepare and encourage students to pursue MS and Ph.D. degrees. Synergistic Activities UTEP Model Institutions for Excellence Initiative. Collaborators: Juan Arratia (Universidad Metropolitana de Puerto Rico), Elaine Davis (Bowie State University), Jason Kim (Systemic Research), Jamie Merisotis (Institute for Higher Education Policy), Stacy Phelps (Oglala Lakota College), Al Thompson (Spelman College) UT System LS Alliance for Minority Participation. Collaborators: Dr. Gerald Burnham (UT Dallas), Darlene Grant (UT Austin), Doug Hale (UT Permian Basin), Manuel Maldonado (UT San Antonio), Martha Mann (UT Arlington), Miguel Paredes (UT Pan Am), Stephen Rainwater (U Tyler), Guillermo Weber (UT Brownsville), Louis Dale (U Alabama) Howard University/UTEP Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professorate, liaison. Collaborators: Pablo Arenaz (UT El Paso), Chastity Bradford (UT El Paso), Orlando Taylor (Howard University) Awards 2008 Nominated to the NSF PAESEM Award 2007 Nominated to the NAE Gordon Prize 2007 Outstanding Service to Students by a Faculty Member, UTEP 2006 ABET President s Awards for Diversity 2006 Examples of Excelencia in Education Award 2005 Texas Higher Education STAR Award 2003 Outstanding ECE Professor of the Year Award, UTEP 2000 IEEE Third Millennium Medal 1996 Outstanding Graduate Research & Teaching Award, Engineering, UTEP Current Professional Membership National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 2
RECENT PUBLICATIONS Book Chapter Benjamin C. Flores, Ann Darnell, and Jana Renner, Undergraduate Research Experiences in a Hispanic Majority University, in preparation. Conference Papers Ariana Arciero, Benjamin C. Flores, and Miguel Paredes, Work in Progress: Perceptions of scholars in the UT System LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate project, 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 10 13, 2007, Milwaukee, WI. Ali Ashtari, Gabriel Thomas; Hector Garcés, and Benjamin C. Flores, Radar signal design using chaotic signals, 2007 International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference, June 4-8, 2007, Pisa, Italia. Benjamin C. Flores and Ann Darnell, A Ten Year Perspective on Changes in Engineering Education, ASEE 2006 Annual Conference, June 18-21, 2006, Chicago, IL. Ariana Arciero and Benjamin C. Flores, Work in Progress: Expanding the Ph.D. STEM student pool along the US-Mexican border, 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 28 31, 2006, San Diego, CA. Hector Ochoa and Benjamin C. Flores, Doppler correction for high-velocity targets using a relativistic approach, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 6210, Radar Sensor Technology X, Robert N. Trebits, James L. Kurtz, Editors, May 8, 2006. Hector Garcés and Benjamin C. Flores, Statistical analysis of Bernoulli, logistic, and tent maps with applications to radar signal design, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 6210, Radar Sensor Technology X, Robert N. Trebits, James L. Kurtz, Editors, May 8, 2006 Berenice Verdín and Benjamin C. Flores, Wideband radar imaging using chaotic-based Gaussian frequency modulation, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 6210 Radar Sensor Technology X, Robert N. Trebits, James L. Kurtz, Editors, May 8, 2006. Rebecca Sullivan, Benjamin C. Flores, and Berenice Verdín, Modeling of FM broadcast signals with applications in bistatic radar imaging, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 6210 Radar Sensor Technology X, Robert N. Trebits, James L. Kurtz, Editors, May 8, 2006. 3
PRESENTATIONS 2006-2008 Strategies for student support at an urban institution, MIE Dissemination Conference, Xavier University, New Orleans, January 26, 2008 UTEP student success stories: Danny Olivas and many more, NASA STS-122 Launch Conference, Cocoa Beach, Florida, December 5, 2007. La evolución de la investigación y el desarrollo tecnológico en TIC en Norte América, XX Congreso Nacional y VI Congreso Internacional de Informática y Computación, Chihuahua, México, October 26, 2007 Aligning reward systems to institutional missions: balancing access and excellence, National Academy of Engineering Partnerships for Emerging Research Institutions: A Workshop, Washington, DC, September 13, 2007 Making a college-going culture real, National Association of Latino Elected Officials Third Annual Summit on the State of Latino Education, Washington DC, October 10, 2007 A model for STEM faculty enhancement, NSF Joint Annual Meeting, Washington DC, August 13, 2007 Selecting indicators for STEM Program assessment and evaluation: IHEP Summer Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 25, 2007 Creating learning communities to increase EE major throughput, Second Annual Technology Workforce Development Workshop, Austin TX, March 6, 2007 A tradition of access and excellence, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 20th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 29, 2006 STEM student outreach and retention, The Model Institutions for Excellence Dissemination Conference, Bowie, MD, October 12, 2006 Un Ejemplo de Excelencia in Education, 2006 Excelencia Symposium, Orlando, FL, September 27, 2006 Closing the gap in education: An Overview of UTEP's MIE Program, Southwest Regional P-16 Conference - Austin, TX, April 25, 2006 The UTEP Model Institutions for Excellence initiative, Project Kaleidoscope Workshop Presentation - San Antonio, TX, February 24, 2006 4
The University of Texas at El Paso: A Model Institution for Excellence, MIE Dissemination Conference, Carolina, PR, February 3, 2006 Current Ph.D. Students Berenice Verdin (LSAMP BD Fellow) Ph.D. Graduates Hector Ochoa, (2007), High Speed Doppler Analysis of Wideband Radar Signals (2007) Hector Garces, Chaotic Signal Analysis and Design for Wideband Radar (2007) Jae Sok Son, Translational motion compensation methods for inverse synthetic aperture radar imagery, Computer Engineering (1999) Gabriel Thomas, Inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging using timefrequency representations, Computer Engineering (1999) Total Ph.D. graduates: 4 Total M.S. graduates: 18 5